Lewis and Clark Exposition Ends Honor Days Mark Milestones
The Lewis and Clark Exposition closed on October 14 marking a rare financially successful fair. It honored figures like Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Scott Duniway with first ever women’s day, plus Joaquin Miller and F X Matthieu for living honorees. Duniway, a Portland pioneer and suffrage advocate, spoke after welcome by Oregon state commission president Jefferson Myers.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
United States
Lewis and Clark
Pacific Northwest
Abigail Scott Duniway
Portland
Duniway
Jefferson Myers
Oregon State Commission
Plains
Susan B. Anthony
Miller
Oregon
Indiana
Great Northwest
Joaquin Miller
London
Oregon country vote survivor hints at pressive history
Francis Xavier Matthieu, living about thirty miles south of Portland, is the last survivor of the 52 men who on May 2 1842 voted to establish an American form of government in Oregon. Canadians and British attended and cast votes to make the country British. Matthieu, a Canadian, voted with the Americans saving the day. The exposition closed Saturday October 14 with government ceremonies ending, The Star Spangled Banner played, flags lowered, and farewell events held. Millinery sale ads from H H Schott offer season’s goods at cut prices. Miss Maud Miller noted.
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Francis Xavier Matthieu
Portland
Oregon
Matthieu
United States
Exposition Company
Public sale motive cited over woolly aphis risk in Yakima nursery
Tim Kelly testifies under oath that he sold seedling stock to Mr Ingalls to prevent spread of woolly aphis at the Yakima Valley Nursery. He says the stock was heavily infested in December 1904 and that he and Ingalls acted under orders to burn affected stock. He had a clean stock supply and was not in need of seedlings at the time. Notary Geo F. McAulay witnessed the oath on October 14, 1905. Edge-Tray dog remark and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ad follow.
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Yakima
Tim Kelly
Mr. Ingalls
Yakima Valley
Kelly
Ingalls
Geo. F. McAulay
Washington
North Yakima
Wash
Prominent Yakima Men Interest in Railroads
The Tacoma Daily News notes gossip that two survey crews near the Natches and Cowlitz passes may be Northern Pacific fronts. Names tied to Milwaukee and Canadian Pacific interests appear in speculation about coast access and rail lines. Other items mention Scott's Lumber, a large reward for ballad robbery, and local notices including Yakima business travel and a Bickleton quip.
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Tacoma Daily News
North Yakima
The
Natches
Northern Pacific Enterprises
Tietan
Cowlitz Pass
Chicago, Milwaukee
Natchez Pass
Natches River
North Coast Company
Milwaukee
Messrs. Strahorn
John H. McGraw
James A
8. A. Kerr
Mr. Dudley
Niagara Falls
O. A. Fechter
J. J. Rudkin
Northern Pacific
Natches and
Cowlitz
Columbia
Milwaukee Road
Tacoma Tide
Natches Pass
Spokane International
Spokane
Candian Pacific
J. J. Hill
Canadian Pacific
Hill
Pugett Sound
Fruit Growers Ad Lists Berry Crates and Boxes
Attention fruit growers. We carry a full line of berry crates and fruit boxes at reasonable prices. Also parts green that test to state law requirements. J M Brown Secretary Union. Also a verse about trying again and friends arriving from far and near.
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J. M. Brown
Orareavaivares ! Union
The Best Doctor and Miscellany From 1899
A fragment from a Sulphur Springs Texas reader praises Ballard's Snow Liniment and Horehound Syrup as a long used family remedy with prices listed. The piece references Yakima Hardware Co. tent sales, Miss Bright jokes, Jackson's tensorial parlors on Yakima avenue offering grooming, and a comic caption about a girl seeking a man with a mansion.
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B. C. ‘Horton
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Fred L. Janeen
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds Fast
Fall colds cling through winter raising danger of pneumonia bronchitis or consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar is old reliable safe and effective with no opiates and no constipation. North Yakima Drug Store A D Sloan Prop’r.
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Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
North Yakima Trunk Sewers Bonds Ordinance and North Coast Railroad Grant
City adopts Main Trunk Sewers project with $48 000 bonds to fund construction. It authorizes 48 bonds of $1 000 each at 4 percent interest, due in 20 years, with a sinking fund levy and bid process. Also grants North Coast Railway rights to build through North Yakima, with route approvals and conditions, requiring 100 miles of state rail and completion within 18–24 months, otherwise forfeiture.
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North Yakima
Washington
Ballinger
State of Washington
City Council
City of
North Yakima Do
City
State of
Eity Council
Northahima
United States
Sild
North Coast Railway
Cherry Street
Selah
County Auditor
Yakima County
Cherry
Elity
Sal North Coast Railway
Bald North Coast Railway
North Coast
O. A. Fechter
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A. J. Shaw
S. Second St
H. H. Schott Millinery Department
Maud Miller
Edge
Wedge
Elif
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Case’s _Drug Store
Yin
Vinci
Fred L. Janeck
Natchez
Scott
Mead
Great Northern
Ballard
Coffin Bros
Charles A. McAllister
No. First Street
Mr. Rooster
J. E. Gover
N. Main St
Ottawa
Kan
Bickleton
Yakima Hardware Co
Macdonald
Mr. Jolyer
Miss Bright
Jackson
Yakima Avenue
Jack
Tom
Chicago News
Co. A. Fechter
J.C. Brooker
J. C. Brooker
GLOBE
W. Manheim
Prop
Douglas
Eoé
Friedman’s
Friedman
John B. Sternon
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